Tham khảo tài liệu 'spoken english elementary handbook part 14', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Talk a Lot Focus on Connected Speech Common Suffixes and What they Indicate A suffix comes at the end of a word. Suffixes are usually unstressed. Adding a suffix changes the word type . a noun changes into a verb. Below are some examples of how a root word can change type when a suffix is added Root Word Word Type Suffix believe verb -able participate verb -ant walk verb infin. -ed interfere verb -ence teach verb -er big adjective -er China noun country -ese clever adjective -est faith noun -ful Russia noun country -ian access verb -ible beauty noun -ify watch verb infin. -ing memory noun -ise child noun -ish science noun abstract -ist attract verb -ive name noun -less quiet adjective -ly arrange verb -ment happy adjective -ness cube noun -oid fame noun -ous cat noun singular -s friend noun common -ship revise verb -sion maintenance noun -tain ten number cardinal -th revolve verb -tion Changes to believable participant walked interference teacher bigger Chinese cleverest faithful Russian accessible beautify watching memorise childish scientist attractive nameless quietly arrangement happiness cuboid famous cats friendship revision maintain tenth revolution Word Type adjective noun person verb past participle noun noun person adjective comparative adjective nationality adjective superlative adjective noun person adjective verb verb present participle verb adjective noun common adjective adjective adverb noun noun adjective adjective noun plural noun abstract noun verb number ordinal noun Other common suffixes -an -es -in -on -um -ane -ess -is -or -ure -ar -et -ism -our -us -ard -ey -it -ow -y -cide -ia -ity -phone -cy -ic -le -ra -ect -ical -logy -raphy -en -ies -o -tain -ert -im -oir -teen For more fun worksheets games and quizzes log onto now Talk a Lot Elementary English Talk a Lot Focus on Connected Speech Common Suffixes and What they Indicate - Matching Game Cut out the cards and ask your students to match each suffix .